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A look at what's happening in the world of arts, culture and entertainment presented by Rick O'Shea.

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  • October 16 · 27 min

    Album reviews - incl Fontaines DC

    Zara Hedderman and Nadine O’Regan review new releases from Fontaines DC, Arborist and Declan O’Rourke. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 15 · 5 min

    Faber to stop supplying Rooney's books in the UK

    Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times chats to Rick about Faber confirming it will stop supplying Sally Rooney's books in the UK. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 15 · 18 min

    Film reviews - incl Forever Is Now

    Donald Clarke and Sarina Bellissimo review survival thriller Whalefall and documentaries NAZA and Forever Is Now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 15 · 10 min

    Luke Grimes on the latest series of Marshals

    Actor Luke Grimes chats to Rick about the latest season of Taylor Sheridan's American neo-Western Marshals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 15 · 12 min

    Whozyerman? live in studio

    Ahead of the release of his new album, Belly of the Beast, Whozyerman? chats to Rick and performs live in studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 14 · 17 min

    Disco Pigs at 30

    Playwright and director Enda Walsh and actors Séamus McLean Ross and Aoise Meaney discuss the major new production at The Everyman marking three decades of the play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 14 · 13 min

    Maya Libbey live in studio

    Singer-songwriter Maya Libbey performs live in the studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 14 · 15 min

    Cork's most iconic music venues

    Ashley Keating of The Frank and Walters chats to Rick about Cork's most iconic music venues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 12 · 15 min

    Strange Boy performs live in studio.  

    Limerick artist Strange Boy performs live in studio and chats to Rick about his recently released second album, Say Nothing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 12 · 11 min

    Marathon Man at 50

    Paul Whittington discusses Marathon Man at 50. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 9 · 27 min

    TV reviews - inc Celebrity Traitors

    Jenn Gannon and Chris Wasser review Mike Flanagan’s reboot of Stephen King’s Carrie and Channel 4's comedy series It Gets Worse, and discuss why The Celebrity Traitors is so compelling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 9 · 22 min

    Album reviews

    Graham Smyth and John Meagher review new releases from Troye Sivan, Morgana and Pet Shop Boys. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 9 · 27 min

    Extra: Anne Carson - Arts Tonight (2011)

    A look back into the RTÉ Archives to mark Anne Carson winning the Nobel prize in Literature, 2026. The Canadian poet joined Vincent Woods in studio in March 2011, on a visit to Dublin as a guest of the Poetry Now festival in Dún Laoghaire. In the interview, she discusses her work translating from the Greek classics, and her own poetry and criticism, including her books The Autobiography of Red, Eros the Bittersweet, and Nox – which she describes as an epitaph to her late brother Michael. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 8 · 23 min

    Film reviews - including The Social Reckoning

    John Maguire and Cara O'Doherty review Aaron Sorkin’s new Facebook film The Social Reckoning, Andrew Garfield in The Uprising and new Irish documentary Lesbian Lines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 8 · 10 min

    Baboró International Arts Festival for Children - A Teen Odyssey

    Jenny Vila, founder and Creative Producer of La Mecànica chats to Rick about A Teen Odyssey an immersive and highly original production at this year's Baboró International Arts Festival for Children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 7 · 15 min

    NŌS by Luail - Akram Khan

    Choreographer Akram Khan discusses his work Kaash, which will be part of a landmark triple bill of internationally acclaimed contemporary dance works coming to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre as part of NŌS by Luail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 7 · 16 min

    Side Stage - Ben Barnes

    Acclaimed theatre and opera director Ben Barnes chats to Rick about Side Stage, a collection of his writing about theatre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • October 7 · 15 min

    John McGahern: Writer & Archive - Dr Barry Houlihan

    Dr Barry Houlihan chats to Rick about a new exhibition marking 20 years since the death of John McGahern, which has opened at the University of Galway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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